

| Subject: | How to Bleed Coolant System |
| From: | psavage |
| Date: | Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:53:58 -0700 |
Last fall before leaving for Mexico, I needed to bleed
my coolant system. I'd never seen it done before.
Nor had my helper. It worked great!.
So for any who need to do this, here's the system I used.
(Don't skimp on the time required!)
(Print instructions & keep them with your Bentley)
Phaedra
'85 Wolfsburg - Multivan - Westy
"Mexicali Rose"
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BLEEDING COOLANT SYSTEM
1 Fill *primary coolant tank to top. (*not the expansion tank)
2 Jack up front end of van 24 inches.
3 Gently open bleeder screw @ right front of radiator.
*Careful---! Plastic tube may be brittle--don't break it!
4 Next, shut bleeder screw--snugly, *not tight.
5 Open rear heater valve (under back seat--left side of housing,
found in circular-shaped cut out.
*The Open valve position points toward *front of van.
6 Open front heater vents.
7 Start engine & idle till very warm.
8 Run engine @ 2500-3000 rpm.
9 Open front bleeder screw again until coolant sputters/ flows out.
Burping & bleeding of coolant will begin & you *must continue
running the engine (as above) for a *full 30 minutes.
10 Carefully shut bleeder screw--snugly, *not tight.
11 Let engine idle till fan shuts off & engine is *cool.
12 Once engine is cool, top off the Primary coolant tank---*careful!
Don't remove cap of coolant tank when engine is hot--PRESSURE!
13 Repeat proceedure One More Time.
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